Neuropsychological Assessment for Psychiatrists

PGY2 Residency Didactic

Joey W. Trampush, Ph.D.

Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences
Keck School of Medicine of USC

February 14, 2024

Domains

General cognitive ability “g”

Performance across individual tests correlates strongly among each other

Learning Disorders (LD)

Attention/Executive

Attention

attention span
attentional fluency

Attention/Executive

Working Memory

verbal working memory
nonverbal working memory

Attention

Attention/Executive

Processing Speed

psychomotor speed
cognitive efficiency

Working Memory

Attention

Attention/Executive

Executive Functioning

planning
judgment

Processing Speed

Working Memory

Attention

Case Report #1

Patient: 23 yr-old male Referral: ADHD and dyslexia evaluation

Distribution of Scores: Population-level Interpretation

Performance classification of neuropsychological test scores in the general population.

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Effort/Validity Testing {background-color=“var(–near-black)” background-image=“url(”img/logo_usc_ksom_black.jpg”)” background-size=“15%” background-repeat=“repeat”}

Drilldown through validity domains

Case Report #2

Patient: 24 yr-old female
Referral: ADHD and anxiety

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